Known Issues
There are a handful of technical glitches popping up that, unfortunately, I do not have fixes for. If you run into any of these (or others not listed), let me know ASAP. Technical glitches will not affect your grade, though the longer you wait to ask about them the more likely I am to ask you for a Word or Open Office document of your work to verify it's complete.
At any rate, please don't spend hours trying to fix a technical problem; that's not the focus of this project.
.... Update: Wikia is performing maintenace and the picture function is down for the moment. The message I received did not include a time this will be back up, so sit tight.
- After you edit a page and save it, your text is completely rearranged and modified. In other words, what you typed is not what gets saved.
- You cannot add a link to your group page. I can do this for you if all else fails.
- You cannot add a picture. Try creating a new page. If you still can't add pictures...let me know. (Update: for the moment the function is down due to Wikia maintenance.)
- Edit and protection functions will not show up. Try creating a new page and typing something in it before you save it. If they still don't show up let me know.
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Getting in touch with Kevin, the TA:
In Blackboard, you have three options to get in touch with me.
- Respond to messages I've sent to the class.
- When you are typing an e-mail in Blackboard (the "Create Message" dialog box), click on the gray button that says "Browse for Recipients." Make sure you check the box labeled "All Teaching Assistants" (should be at the top of the page). At the bottom of the dialog box click the gray "Save" button. This will add all TAs to the message destination box. If you do not do this the message will not go to me, so make sure "All Teaching Assistants" appear in the "To" box of your message.
- Message me through Wikia.
Welcome to the 368U Wiki Page!
Welcome to the Wiki page for GEOG 368U! Your final project involves creating a wiki page. Your groups have been assigned through the course page on Blackboard; please see the Blackboard site for more information.
Here you will find a page for each group as well as a short example of a final project. I have added an FAQ page with questions I get from multiple people. I add how-to information to the FAQ page as I receive questions.
Each group has its own "home" page. Each member of the group is permitted to edit that page. It is up to you to communicate with your group to determine how you want that page to look. All I ask is that each group's page includes links to individual member pages. I would be OK if the page merely had a general overview of your region and possibly basic information on each person's topic, but you are all more than welcome to be creative with how you choose to organize your work.
You each will have your own individual page as well. The individual pages are for you and your topic; nobody else is supposed to edit those. To create your individual topic page, follow the instructions provided at the Getting Started page (a link is provided below).
Go to the help page now to get started.
Let me know if you have any questions; it should be fun!
Editing pages
You must be a student enrolled in this class in order to edit the Wiki pages. This is for grading purposes and to prevent any unauthorized vandalism; non-students are not permitted to edit these pages at this time.